Where does “butta rusung” come from?
butta rusung (Makasar) comes from Makasar rusung, from Sranan Tongo dusun, from Dutch duizend, from Middle Dutch dusent, from Old Dutch thūsunt, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
butta rusung (Makasar): a village in contrast to a city, emphasizing the old-fashioned lifestyle of its inhabitants
Definitions
- a village in contrast to a city, emphasizing the old-fashioned lifestyle of its inhabitants
Ancestry of “butta rusung”, step by step
butta rusung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Makasar rusung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | rusung | village-like; not yet or only slightly influenced by modern civilization |
| 2 | Sranan Tongo | dusun | thousand |
| 3 | Dutch | duizend | thousand; a thousand |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dusent | thousand |
| 5 | Old Dutch | thūsunt | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |